Railway-car



1. B. sTRAUss.

RAILWAY CAR.

A'PPLICATION FILED DEC.19, 1914.

1,390,396, Patentedsept.' 13, 1921'.

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J. 'B. STRAUSS.

RAILWAY CAR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1914. A 1,890,896. Patentedept. 13, 1921.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH BJSTRASS, a citizen or' the United States, residing at Chicago', in the county oCook and State of.

Illinois, have invented a certain new and Figure 1 is a. diagrammatic view of one ofA the cars;

@mbcdying the invention;

.Fig. 3 is a sectional' view of the car taken online 3--3 of Fig. 2.

`Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the truck Vandthe parts of the car by means of which it is connected with the truck.

. Like numerals referto ylike partsV through the several figures.

Referring now to the drawings,iI have" shown acar-body 1 suspended from over-I head. This car is provided at thetop with a central beam 2 whichis preferably made in the form of a truss',l and the car, is, asgit were,'built around this upper central truss. At intervals along thecar body, and particularly at the points where it is suspended,

I have provided stiening frames. These stiliening frames are* preferably made ofA metal and consist ofthe side pieces 3,. the.top piece 4 and the spreader piecepor frame.

This stiffening frame is vconnect'ediat the bot-vv tom to the floor 6 of the car, thereby forming a rigid stiii'eningstructure toftake thel strains while the car .isin operation. The spreaderirame yor. part Y 5, holds the .sidef pieces 3 apart, and the top piece'd isconnected with the upper central truss 2. Located betweenl` the f part l of .the frame and the spreader iframe 5, are the compression lmembersv 7 Connected with the vstiffening frames arev the. connecting devices or straps, 8 which pass up -above thecentral truss2, and are connected' therewith through the hanger pieces 9, sai d connecting devices 8 being connected to the hanger` pieces9 which are in turn connected with the central truss 2. v The connecting de- Fig- 2 is a side view off one end of a car-A yices 81 have separatedends and the spread;

ing devices 5 extend. between these separated-v 55 endsjto take thetransverse strains, see Figr.

' The hangerL pieces 9 attached to the central;

truss 2, are pivotallyconnected at 10Y with the supporting pieces 11 mounted on the trucks l12. This forms a reevhanger connection by means of which the cars are connected with the trucks through .the central truss 2.v ,a A

There is a second'safety'connection be `tween the car `and the trucks consisting of the chain or flexible c onnectingdevice 13,`

which passes through the Vroof of rthe-car, and through the main central truss and engages a curved supporting or seating p`art14 `connectedwith said central.trus s. `The ,ends of this chainiare connectedwith the trucks.

.y Under ordinary conditionsthe supportor seating devicer 13 is withoutload and only receives its load in the event the pivotal con-` nection becomes disarranged.

There is a safety yoke15 also connected with the/,central truss'2 and it islocated between'the wheels of thetruckpthe endsV thereof projectingbeyond the rails 16, `,so

lthat if, for any reason the car becomes disconnected from vthe truck, lthe safety yoke will strike the rails and support the rcar.

.'It will be seen that lthere are three sup-- porting connections betweenthe car and the over-.bead structure,- two of said supporting connections being throughy thetruck and the third being independent of the truck. f j 1 A' hood 17 ot any desired material, such,"

for example, .as lsheet metal, is spread overl .the s tiffening :trames andi hanger parts or straps 8, so as to make a finishing structure.

This also` forms, a compartment at thetop of.4

the` car which-.furnishes storage room for air reservoirs,l batteries and the like. The

truck 12 carries theelectric contact device 18 which is in the form of a sliding shoe movably connectedl with the /truckand which presses against thebottom of the contact rail 19. VThis Contact rail is located above the truck so as to be out vof the 4way and Awhere. there canbe no danger from it Vto passengersy or others, and isprovide'd .with a hood or protecting device 20to protect Vit from the elements. 7

The truck12 beyond `the wheels 22, `"and associated with its vends l2liprojectingv one of these projecting ends is a pump or air compressor 23 operated by a. motor shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, for the car brakes, and with the other projecting end, a motor 24, this motor being the motor which operates the car. It will be seen that the pump stiiiening frame connected with said body portion, said stiffening frame having side pieces and a cross piece at the top connecting said side pieces, and a central beam extending longitudinally of the car body substantially throughout the length of the car and.

connected with said stiiening frame, a truck above said body portion and a supporting` connection between said truck and said stiffeningfrane.` Y v 3. A car comprising a body portion, a stiiiening trame connected with said body portion, said stifening frame having side pieces and a cross piece atthe top connecting saidv side pieces, and a central beam extending longitudinally of the car body substantially throughout the length of the car and con@ nected with saidv stiiiening frame, and a truck above said body portion and a support-ing connection between said truck and said longitudinal beam.

4f. A carcomprising a body portion, a stiffening frame connected ywith said body portion, said stiffening frame having side piecesA and a cross piece at the top connecting said side pieces and a central beam extending longitudinally oi' the car body and connected with said stiifening frame, a truck above said body portion and two supporting connections between said truck and said body portion, one of said connections being an operative connection 1n use when thev car 1s in operation, and the otherl connection being a safety connection adapted Vto be brought into use when the iirst connection becomes disarra'ng'ed.

5. A car comprising a body portion, a stiiening frame connected with said body portion, said stiiiening frame having side pieces and a cross piece at the top vconnecting said side pieces, and a central beam extending longitudinally of the car body and connected Vwith said stiffening frame, a truck above said body portion and adapted to run upon a fixed support, a connection between said body portion and said truck, and a safety supporting device independent of the truck and adapted to supportsaid body portion on the fixed support near the connection to the truck face.

6. A car comprising a body portion, a

truck located above said body portion and Ff anda cross connecting pieceat thetop, andv a spreadingirame between the side pieces.

8. A car comprising a body, portion, two separated stiiiening devices connected with said body portion, hanger devices connected with said stiffening devices and adaptedv to be connected'with the supportl for the car,

and a metal hood connecting said hanger devices and extendinglongitudinally along the car so as to form a storage receptacle beneath said hangers. Y

9. A car comprising a body portion, hanger devices located at diiierent points along the body portion for connecting it withfits supporting device, each hanger de- Vice having connecting pieces connected therewith, the said connecting pieces having separated ends and spreading frames connected withsaid connecting pieces and extending between said separated ends to take the transverse strains'. i y

l0. A car comprising a 'body portion, hanger straps connected with said body portion at different points alongV its length' and spreading frames extending across the car between the lower 'ends of 4said straps adapted to keep said ends apart.

1l. A car` comprising a body portion,A hanger `straps connected with said body portion at different points along its lengthand spreading frames extending across the car between the lower ends of said straps adapted to keep said ends apart, and a longitudinal beam extending along the car, said beam located between said hanger straps and said spreading frames.

12. Acar comprising a truck, a frame for saidy truck, wheels connected with said frame at each end thereof, the ends of the frame projecting beyond the-wheels, a motor connected with one end of the frame, a pump connected with the other end of thefframe whereby the pump and motor balance each other.v

. 13; A ear comprising a body portion, aY beam at the top of thecar extending longitudinally therealong, a stifening frame hav` ing side pieces connected with said car, a cross' piece extending across the' car anda 1,390,396v t x8.

hanger connecting the side pieces extending l of the ear and connecting devices between 10 over said beam, the beam located between Said central beam and said stiifening frame.

said hanger and said cross piece. In testimony whereof, I afIiX my signature 14. A car comprising a body portion, a in the presence of two witnesses this 14th stiffening frame connected'with said body day of-December, 1914. Y

portion7 said stilening frame having side 1 JOSEPH B. STRAUSS.

pieces and a cross piece at the topY conV Witnesses:

necting Said side pieces, a central beam ex- MINNIE M. LINDENA,

tending substantially throughout the length ELLA THIEME. 

